Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-12-08

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my trunks, for tomorrow | am going away
from here"
"Going away" exclaimed the girl, in APP
parent as.onishment.
YES" replied Ella.
"Any bad news, mlssa-dcath of friend or
anything Of the like~ asked the girl, step
ping into the room.
mo, Mollle, nothing of that kind" Then,
after pause, she added: ~ have no friends,
though never needed one more than now"
"Don't say so, Miss Ella, for you have one
In me, If am only servantl and If there is
anything in this world can do for you, don't
be backward about telling me what it is"
The girls words touched Elias heart, and
the tears came to her eyes as she exclaimed:
"Oh, Moliel l am very, very desoIate and
Iniserablel"
/ Poor young thing! you do not know how
sorry / am for you, aud how faithfully I
would serve you If / could"
'Molie." said Ella, turning toward her
companion, there is one thing which you
| can, perhaps, do for me. l have decided to
| leave here tomorrow. l will not explain
| Why but it is very necessary that should go.
! am a stranger in this city, and do not know
where to look for shelter Perhaps you can
help me out of my dilemma"
II know of plenty hotels and nice boarding
houses, miss" replied the girl.
You do not understand me-" said Ella.
81 am anxious TO find quiet home in some
remote part Of the city, where l would meet
but few people, and be free from annoyances
and intrusion. wish tC live alone in perfect
! solitude, where | will see nothing to remind
me of the past.
~ do not know what your trouble is, re-
piled Moie. "But think | understand you
now, and can fluid place which will suit
you"
'Do you think so'" asked Ella, eagerly.
"Yes," replied the other. II have an aunt,
a very respectable woman, who lives alone In
a plain little house, on the east side of the
city. She rents the upper floor to young
man and his wife, and by the aid of her needle
she does fancy work for stores-shc manages
to live quite comfortably. If | was to see
her think could get her to take you to
board, If you would not object to plain
place"
"Such is precisely the kind OF place want"
said Ella, her face Frightening. when
could you see your aunt"
Tonight, If you WISH" replied the girl
This is nay evening out"
try and persuade your aunt to receive me ia
her home-if only for the time being-you
will do me lasting favor, Mollie."
'D0n't speak of il as IA favor, said Molle.
81 am happy at the thought of being able to
serve you. will see my aunt tonight, and
make the arrangement without fail"
"Thank you, Moilie! thank your and Ella
seized the girls hands In hers and pressed
fbat unartnly. tthItt fhnra is an fling /
ly forget to tell you," she added "For the
present 1t is of the greatest Importance to my
welfare that my identity should not become
known, therefore 1 have decided upon assum-
ing another nsme-my mothers maiden
name, Warburton. I tell you this In conf
dence, and by that YOU viii keep it close
secret. / feel certain can trust you"
''You need have nc anxiety about that,
miss,' replied Moile, with apparent sincerity.
''What you tell me In secret no living soul
will ever know from my lips"
II have every faith in YOU, Molie," replied
the deluded girl Your kind services shall
not go unrewarled, depend upon it. But
bear ia mind that from the moment l leave
this house I am Ella Warburtop, and no
longer Ella Thornd Ike; and, above all, never
breathe to soul beneath this roof that you
are aware of my whereabouts"
II promise you l will not. miss" she re-
sponded.
'And believe YOU. And when am safely
lodged in your aunt's house / will explain to
you the cause OF my strange movements, and
the reason | wish them kept profound
secret; hut for the present be satisfied With
my saving that l am not actuated to take this
step by any fear of disgrace or shame. | am
at, c.,. ian, Hahn ~
can no longer remain here in safety"
Good Heaven miss, you brighten metz ex-
claimed her companion with well-assumed
display of terror. ~ will not lose moment,
but will see my aunt at once, so that she will
be ready for you In the morning. But / must
go-they will be wondering what keeps me
here so long Shan't bring YOU up a bit Of
toast and a cup of teas''
mo. thank you, Molle; I have no APP
petite"
"And about the packing, missl''
81 win manage that while YOU are at your
aunts."
every well, miss; and when come back,
which will be about ten o'clock, I'll stop on
my way up stairs and let YOU know what time
my aunt will be ready for you, and all about
81 will leave my door sjar-so you need not
knock"
GAN right, miss, y and the girl passed out OF
the room.
God has answered my prayer" exclaimed
Ella, gratefully, "aud sent me the friend l
need"
"Poor child She little thought that the
girl who had Just left her was abetting plot
for her destruction-that within half an hour
Frederick NOrton's hirelng Morry, would be
In possession of the full knowledge of her
plans-that the woman whose dwelling was to
become her home was the associate OF lawless
characters--that her house was the repository
OF their plumber, and that within It's walls
fugtives from the law had been concealed,
and the plans Of clever swindlers and gigan-
tic robberies connected.
Ella at once set about collecting and pack
ing her effects away in the large trunks which
stood in the closet of her room. She had de-
cided not to spprsc Mrs. Stevens of her in
tended departure until the next morning, for
she knew b. the sound which reached her
from below stairs that she was entertaining